Purpose
Proper screening before we raise our EPs. Assess the candidate in detail to ensure we
are going to provide the best high quality experience with the most aligned profiles taking
into account our main criteria: (cultural sensitivity, emotional stability, adaptability,
resilience and resourcefulness).

OGCDP selection Guide- AIESEC Colombia
1. Introduction.
 Introduce yourselves, briefly covering your AIESEC experience, including how
long you’ve been in AIESEC, your job profile, your college, etc.
1. Expectation Setting for the interview:
 Be Honest, our aim is not to judge you but see what potential you have and how
you can effectively fit in Exchange Process.
 Don’t be nervous.
 Ask any questions you have by the end of the interview.
2. Expectations towards Exchange:
 Why do you wish to participate in an AIESEC exchange?
 How the exchange will contribute to your personal and professional goals?
 What is necessary to happen in your exchange to fulfill your expectations?

Why do you wish to participate Have good motivation for participating in X, with clear 3
in an AIESEC exchange?

advantages that he/she can have. (3 strong arguments)
Have a motivation but still is not totally sure what could get 2
from the experience. (2 arguments)
See it just as possible nice experience without seeing clear 1
what he/she can get from it. (1 argument)

How

the

exchange

will Understands and says 3 personal and 3 professional 3

contribute to your personal contributions.
and professional goals?

Understands and says at least 2 personal and 2 2
professional contributions.
Understands and says at least 1 personal contribution.

1

What is necessary to happen All his/ her arguments are completely aligned with what 3
in your exchange to fulfill your we can offer in our internships
expectations?

All his/ her arguments are moderately aligned with what 2
we can offer in our internships
All his/ her arguments are barely/scarcely aligned with 1
what we can offer in our internships

3. Communication Skills:
 Describe a situation when you had to persuade other about something. Did you
succeed? Why?
 Give an example of a difficult or sensitive situation that required you to use
excellent communication skills. What did you do?

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Describe a situation when you Answer with 3 strong arguments of success as key in his/ 3
had to persuade other about her experience
something. Did you succeed or Answer with 2 strong arguments of success as key in his/ 2
not? Why?

her experience
Answer with 1 strong argument of success as key in his/ 1
her experience

Give an example of a difficult or Answer with 3 strong arguments of success as key in his/ 3
sensitive situation that required her experience
you

to

use

excellent Answer with 2 strong arguments of success as key in his/ 2

communication skills. What did her experience
you do?

Answer with 1 strong argument of success as key in his/ 1
her experience

4. Flexibility & Cultural Sensitivity: (To generate the questions, you need to get the
following information: what would be for him/ her to be out of his/ her comfort
zone, what is the impossible they can accept when they are living with other
people?, what do they imagine can be a difficult situation that they would face
during an internship and how do she/ he can overcome that?)
 What do you want to do (JD)? Where?
 During your internship, you are sharing your bedroom with 4 trainees more that
have different cultural backgrounds. Will you be comfortable in this situation?
 What two or three things would be most important to you in your internship?
 If you could decide, which country will you decide to go and why? And which
country won’t you like to go to and why?
 What he/ she imagine can be a difficult situation that he/ she would face during
his/ her internship and how she/ he can overcome that?)
What do you want to do (JD)?

All his/ her arguments are completely aligned with what 3
we can offer in our internships
All his/ her arguments are moderately aligned with what 2
we can offer in our internships
All his/ her arguments are barely/scarcely aligned with 1
what we can offer in our internships

During your internship, you are Answer with 3 strong arguments to overcome assertively 3
living with 4 trainees that have this situation
different cultural backgrounds.

(include what it’s impossible for Answer with 2 strong arguments to overcome assertively 2
them to accept when he/ she is this situation
living with other people) Will
you

be

comfortable

in

this Answer with 1 strong argument to overcome assertively 1

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situation? What would you do to this situation
change that?
What two or three things would All his/ her arguments are completely aligned with what 3
be most important to you in we can offer in our internships
your internship?

All his/ her arguments are moderately aligned with what 2
we can offer in our internships
All his/ her arguments are barely/scarcely aligned with 1
what we can offer in our internships

If

you

could

decide,

which Answer with 3 assertive arguments that are completely 3

country will you decide to go aligned with what we can offer in our internships and are
and why? And which country not discriminatory
won’t you like to go to and why?

Answer with 2 assertive arguments that are completely 2
aligned with what we can offer in our internships and are
not discriminatory
Answer with 1 assertive argument that are completely 1
aligned with what we can offer in our internships and is
not discriminatory

What you imagine can be a Answer with 3 strong arguments to overcome assertively 3
difficult situation that you would this situation
face during your internship and Answer with 2 strong arguments to overcome assertively 2
how can you overcome that?

this situation
Answer with 1 strong argument to overcome assertively 1
this situation

5. Global mindset:
 What is the first thing to come to your mind with the following countries: India,
Brazil, Russia, China, Nigeria, Kenya, Poland, Romania, Indonesia, and Ukraine?
 Try to remember a situation when you had to face something different,
something never experienced before? How did you handle it?


Mention a difficult situation in which you wanted to quit but in the end you
didn’t.

 Please, name most important global issues, on your point of view.
 Have you being in other country or met a foreigner? How was the experience
and how this changed your vision about the world?
 Do customs and rituals of other cultures interested for you? What kind of?
What is the first thing to come to Identify relevant and positive ideas for each of the 3
your mind with the following countries
countries: India, Brazil, Russia, Identify some positive ideas for more that the half of the 2
China, Nigeria, Kenya, Poland, countries at least

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Romania,

Indonesia,

and Identify scarcely few ideas for half of the countries at least

1

Ukraine?
Try to remember a situation Answer with 3 strong arguments to overcome assertively 3
when

you

had

to

face this situation

something different, something Answer with 2 strong arguments to overcome assertively 2
never experienced before? How this situation
did you handle it?

6. Emotional Intelligence:
 What kind of people you enjoy working with and what are the personalities that
are difficult for you to work with?
 Describe situation in which you had to work with a difficult person (another
student, co-worker, customer, supervisor, etc.). How did you handle the
situation? Is there anything you would have done differently in retrospection?
 Have you ever work in team? What was your role in it? How did you work with
opinions of your teammates?

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ď ś Please, evaluate your ability to manage your emotions from 1 to 5. Why do you
think so?
ď ś Do you think everyone is responsible for own problems? In what cases are you
willing to help?
ď ś What are your greatest strengths/weaknesses?

What kind of people you enjoy Identify 1 personality that will be difficult for him/ her to 3
working with and what are the work with (assertive and not discriminatory arguments)
personalities that are difficult for Identify 2 personalities that will be difficult for him/ her to 2
you to work with?

work with (assertive and not discriminatory arguments)
Identify 3 personalities that will be difficult for him/ her to 1
work with (assertive and not discriminatory arguments)

Describe situation in which you Answer with 3 strong arguments to overcome assertively 3
had to work with a difficult this situation
person (another student, co- Answer with 2 strong arguments to overcome assertively 2
worker, customer, supervisor, this situation
etc.). How did you handle the Answer with 1 strong argument to overcome assertively 1
situation? Is there anything you this situation
would have done differently in
retrospection?
Have you ever work in a team? Reflect a honest attitude (give 3 assertively and strong 3
What was your role in it? How arguments/ examples)
did you work with opinions of Reflect a honest attitude (give 2 assertively and strong 2
your teammates?

greatest Identify clearly 3 weaknesses and 3 strengths at least (the 3
weaknesses must not be a difficulty for his/ her
interpersonal relationships)
Identify clearly 2 weaknesses and 2 strengths at least (the 2

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weaknesses must not be a difficulty for his/ her
interpersonal relationships)
Identify clearly 1 weakness and 1 strength at least (the 1
weakness

must

not

be

a

difficulty

for

his/

her

interpersonal relationships)
Scoring:
52- 63
35- 51
0- 34

The EP passed the interview successfully
The EP should be analyzed at the assessment and reviewed
The EP did not pass the interview